Lost In Space (2018)

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It's out April 13 and a trailer is out. It looks very expensive. It looks like they spent more on this than they have on The Crown. They better hope it does well or they will have another Marco Polo/Sense8/The Get Down disaster on their hands again.

I believe it's correct to say Discovery is a CBS show. AFAIK CBS are not airing it for free in the US as you have to subscribe to their streaming service. CBS wanted to make a new Star Trek show, then a deal was struck with Netflix for them to show it internationally, so securing the show's proffitability for CBS.

Netflix does not own the TV rights to Star Trek. CBS does.

To me it's dodgy for Netflix to call it "A Netflix Original", despite that they basically paid for it to be made. Only CBS can make TV shows based on Star Trek (only Paramount can make films based on Star Trek).

Netflix had no hand in Star Trek anyway. CBS did. Netflix just airs it for international audiences.

Already a thread for the reboot somewhere

Netflix paid so much for the international rights for Discovery that it covered all of the production costs for season 1. However, Netflix have reportedly been disappointed with viewing figures so they aren't going to pay as much for S2 which makes it a bigger financial risk for CBS - so you can expect some retooling in order to bring in bigger audiences.

As for Lost in Space, I didn't really watch the original but the Netflix trailer looks interesting

Netflix had no hand in Star Trek anyway. CBS did. Netflix just airs it for international audiences.

Already a thread for the reboot somewhere

Netflix paid so much for the international rights for Discovery that it covered all of the production costs for season 1. However, Netflix have reportedly been disappointed with viewing figures so they aren't going to pay as much for S2 which makes it a bigger financial risk for CBS - so you can expect some retooling in order to bring in bigger audiences.

As for Lost in Space, I didn't really watch the original but the Netflix trailer looks interesting

Well, I've had a Google and the only reference to "Netflix" and "Discovery" and "disappointed" I could find also included the word "star", as in "Netflix Star Disappointed" in this case, " to have been killed off". The actor who played Dr Culber.

Netflix, as rule, do not publish their viewing figures or comment on them. In 2016 it was reported that they were disappointed with their subscriber growth. A different thing altogether from viewing figures.

Don't get me started on this. My pet hate. They're happy to slap that on any US network show that they have simply "bought in" to air outside the US.

Agreed. Many of the shows they brand as "Netflix Originals" are bought in which fools many into thinking they own these shows and gives them a brand awareness amonst the public greater than they actually warrant. IMO it's done quite intentionally for that reason. (Sorry to get you started, , it gets my goat too).

I think it's also why they don't publish viewing figures. Streaming numbers are still quite small compared to broadcast channels. The small numbers would damage their image too.

Dr Smith as a woman. Oh how edgy and original. Plunder the creativity of old TV shows and make them modern and boring. Oh the pain the pain. Still I will be giving it a chance. I'm intrigued. I hope I am pleasantly surprised.

I enjoyed the original when it was broadcast on Ch4 years ago. The film was horrendous. Hopefully the new version will be better than the film.

It does seem that companies are clutching at straws to reboot old formats rather than developing original concepts and the having the courage to stand by the format further developing it rather than abandoning it because the ratings aren't living up to expectations. A good examples of that were Terra Nova, Almost Human and Firefly. They were all good ideas, and deserved more than one series to increase a fan base and build on the storyline. Unfortunately the bean counters didn't see the immediate returns, and they were cancelled.

The only show I really want to be rebooted, and has been in development hell for years was Space:1999 (or 2099 as it was going to be called)

Ah ... but for every reboot that fails you then get a Battlestar Galactica so sometimes they are worth a try....

From 1st ep it wasn't totally crash bang pow but was solid..... if they can maintain curbing the usual American annoying know it all children as they might have just about done....Well I'll stick with it as far more fun than Saturday night terrestrial fluff or some of the other stuff even online...& is enough a reboot to be very different but familiar.... the robot is a cool design
I'm going to have another go at altered carbon if you want something a bit more original even though it's a mix of bladerunner and total recall , surrogates etc..